4 results match your criteria: "Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg[Affiliation]"

Zika virus: Facing a new threat.

Nursing

August 2016

R. Bryan Simon, a contract cardiothoracic surgical nurse based in Fayetteville, W.Va., is owner/partner of Vertical Medicine Resources in Portland, Ore., and a director of Appalachian Mountain Rescue Team. He's also a member of the Nursing2016 editorial board. Tiffany L. Carpenetti, who has a PhD in entomology, is the macromolecular science and engineering graduate degree program coordinator at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Va. She's also a freelance/contract technical science writer in Christiansburg, Va.

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Prepping Students for Authentic Science.

Sci Teach

October 2008

Erin L. Dolan ( ) is an assistant professor of biochemistry in the Fralin Center at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, and principal investigator of PREP; David J. Lally ( ) coordinates PREP at the national level and in Virginia; Eric Brooks ( ) teaches biology at Buena High School in Sierra Vista, Arizona; and Frans E. Tax ( ) is an associate professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Arizona.

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Although postmenopausal women are encouraged to exercise to preserve bone mineral density (BMD), few studies have looked at what type of exercise is most effective.

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